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I am looking for some new brew to taste and add into my rotation of daily drinking. I have a regular coffee brew machine, espresso, drip, cold brew maker, & k cup machine. I do tend to lean more towards a medium roast.

Seattle best port side blend (fav) fire dept coffee, Starbucks pike place roast, cafe bustelo, black rifle coffee company, death wish coffee, gëvalia Colombia blend (fav) Intelligenstia (fav), stumptown coffee, lavazza.

Those are some I’ve tasted and have liked. Any recommendations of any style is wanted. Thank y’all!

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I’m traveling to Springfield Ohio for work, and I’m wondering if anyone can recommend a good coffee shop for espresso drinks in Springfield? Looking on Google Reviews nothing stood out to me. Thanks!

I've been seeing a lot of people raving about the London fog tea. It sounded nice, made it at the cafe today and it was interesting. But not sure it's 'put it on the menu' nice.

Is it popular where you are? Popular at your cafe? Do you like it? Or is it over hyped?

As customers, would you prefer your daily coffee from a big franchise/chain or a local small business and why?

My wife owns a Mexican restaurant in San Diego and has proposed 10 coffee shops and drive thru to sell fresh mini breakfast burritos and salsa, offered daily free delivery, and a hot plate. The employees love the free samples, at about $3.50 per burrito but she gets the cold shoulder from 9/10 owners, mind you only two coffee shops had a kitchen. What is the hang up with trying out new products? I can show the URL of the restaurant but I'm not here to promote , just want some feedback

You order in croissants, buns, chocolate slices, cake and other pastry goodies - you you put them just beside the payment terminal uncovered?

Am I going to order one? - not a chance in hell. With people sniffling and coughing into them, possibly all morning long...

Today, however, I did order one. Why? This time, they were in paper bags with a transparent window. Yes, they are not as environmentally friendly, but I really don't want a week in bed because of some flu or norovirus variant.

So, why do you put uncovered pastries beside the payment terminal?

I used to go to Starbucks frequently but rarely go anymore. Here are my reasons:

1. My local Starbucks closed for remodeling and reopened as a to-go only store. There is no longer any place to sit, inside or out. This shop was on my regular rotation for walking my dog, and we would sit outside, but we can no longer do that. So I’ve quit going there.
2. Despite news to the contrary, none of the Starbucks I’ve visited has an area for customers to add their own cream, sugar, etc. If you ask, they’ll give you a wasteful amount of cream in a cup. If you ask them to put cream and sugar in your coffee, it’s never the right amounts (usually too much).
3. Service is extremely slow due to the large amounts of mobile orders. Some stores with seating have become teen hangouts, making service even slower. The lines at airport locations are usually ridiculously long.
4. Prices have gone up, and Starbucks was never inexpensive. Starbucks has also cut way back on rewards. I used to get free drinks all the time but rarely anymore.
5. Like many stores, Starbucks was hit hard by Covid, but that’s now ancient history. It seems like S never got over it, as evidenced by getting rid of seating and their reluctance to let customers add their own cream and sugar. I still by Starbucks coffee at the grocery store and brew it myself.

I wasn't able to post this on the Seattle subreddit because I didn't have enough comment karma there.

This is mostly a rant. I remember around 2003, coffee houses and other cafes and such, were much more unpolished. I remember my favorite spot was a place near Capitol Hill called Coffee Messiah. You go in and it's got religious coloring books and sculptures. And crazy stuff everywhere. And it was like stepping into an Artist Collective, or DIY Collective. It was like that everywhere. Now everywhere I kind of seem to find feels so catered towards professionals rather than bohemians. Sleek, polished, corporate, or minimalist. Not just the coffee houses but most places.

Right now I'm just interested in finding cool, laid back, DIY type coffee houses like Coffee Messiah was.

My husband and poured our life savings (and his parents’) into buying an established cafe in July. It’s been in business for 22 years and at its current location for 18 years. It’s a great location- right on a public break of a very popular lake. It’s primarily supported by regulars as it was never marketed. It was started by two sisters that loved coffee and baking. We want to continue to honor their legacy and their dream while also ensuring our future. It’s a very simple cafe, but with lots of potential. It has a bit of a “hanging out in grandma’s kitchen” vibe to it. We have a limited kitchen and storage, so there’s not a ton of opportunity with the menu. I am in talks with a local optimist’s club about displaying their artwork and I love that idea. I love community involvement and so does the community. I ran into an issue recently where a regular was unhappy that the newspaper subscription wasn’t continued. We didn’t even know this was an amenity previously provided. So, we’re learning things and sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know. Anyway, as I said in the title, what are those little touches that you love about your favorite local cafe? How about things you dislike?

I have a small mail to order roasting business based in a coffee producing country.

Recently I've started shipping to the US and Canada to some cafés because some of my coffee shop owner friends wanted to do so. Increasingly however, my business has been affected because less and less people in my region (Costa Rica) are farming coffee, also the youngsters are not wanting to get into coffee because they do not see it as profitable as other careers.

I've thought of dedicating a part of my business solely to supply to cafés in the US or Canada as a way to invest in the younger generations. Roast at origin to support the coffee growing communities. However, beyond selling to my coffee shop owner friends, I don't know whether coffee shop owners would go for something like this. Would any of you consider buying roasted coffee straight from origin?

I can get my coffee to the US/Canada within 5 days of roasting and also for around $16-17/lb (excluding shipping). I am currently sending in boxed of 10lb to my friends for shipping to make sense.

Wanted to hop on here to see if anyone else is experiencing this, but recently I've been trying different local coffee shops (based in California) and I usually just get lattes for context.

I've noticed that many of the coffee shops I've visited will automatically default to oat milk for the milk choice with some baristas asking/assuming if I wanted my drink "with oat milk?" instead of asking what milk I wanted. I've even had some baristas just assume I want oat milk and put it in my order without even asking.

It honestly wouldn't be an issue and I don't mind correcting them that I want regular milk. The issue arises when these coffee shops are charging an extra $0.50-$1 for oat milk. The charge is understandable but adding it onto my order without even asking?? It seems shady af. Legit caught my order on the screen one time at the last second with "+ oat milk, $1.00" and I had to ask the barista if she added oat milk to my order, and when she said yes I had to tell her that I wanted regular milk.

When did coffee shops start defaulting to oat milk in their orders, especially without asking the customer?? It literally makes me feel crazy for thinking regular milk should be the standard and any alternative forms should be requested if desired. Is anyone else experiencing this or is this a unique issue?

Wondering how many of you prep breakfast sandwiches.

I'd like to prepare them the evening before for the next AM so they can be quickly reheated to avoid slow service.

I don't want to microwave the eggs and I don't have a full kitchen in the shop. Do you cook them in a muffin tin in the high speed oven?

Hi! Does anyone know of a coffee maker that doesnt require a paper filter & that has a built in coffee grinder?

I am wanting to start a cafe. Most likely as a coffee truck to start and work my way to a store. I know it’s a popular thing to do but you gotta get in where you can fit in. Plus, I’m tired of working for someone else and would rather work and make money myself. Yes, I know it’s not easy. Just some background

• I’m 32 year old female
• Have experience working in coffee and customer service
• Never started a business
• Really eager to get started
• I live in SF.
• No money saved. Ha.

I am starting from the ground up so any advice would be extremely helpful. How to get grants or loans, how to find funders, how to source coffee, best machine to get, whatever advice you may have. I am already doing the research in other areas as well but ofcourse had to come to Reddit to see what the people say.

I don’t go to coffee shops very often but I am wanting to go today. I want to get a coffee listen to music and color in a coloring book. Would that be ok? Or is it weird to just sit by myself and color? TIA I’m just nervous lol

Edit: thank you all so much! I went and as soon as I sat down my brother called and asked for a ride so I didn’t get do do anything😭 but! I now have the confidence to try again sometime!

Dear coffee people,

What would be the 3 top things in your opinion, that would make you go back to a coffee shop again and again?

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